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Bernard Herrmann (born Maximillian Herman; June 29, 1911 – December 24, 1975) was an American composer and conductor best known for his work in composing for films. As a conductor, he championed the music of lesser-known composers.
Jun 25, 2024 · Bernard Herrmann (born June 29, 1911, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died Dec. 24, 1975, Los Angeles, Calif.) was an American composer and conductor, widely recognized for his film scores. His music for Psycho (1960) has remained a paragon of suspense-film sound tracks.
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Bernard Herrmann: the iconic film composer who formed a dream team with Alfred Hitchcock - Classical Music. Complex and irascible, Bernard Herrmann was plagued by career frustrations, but remains one of cinema’s most iconic musical voices.
Bernard Herrmann. Music Department: North by Northwest. The man behind the low woodwinds that open Citizen Kane (1941), the shrieking violins of Psycho (1960), and the plaintive saxophone of Taxi Driver (1976) was one of the most original and distinctive composers ever to work in film.
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Aug 2, 2012 · 4 August 2012. Bernard Herrmann died in 1975. By Vincent Dowd. BBC World Service. The new critics poll from the British Film Institute has declared Hitchcock's Vertigo the best film ever,...
Oct 19, 1999 · Although Byron has been dead for 150 years he still exerts as vibrant and forceful an influence on the creative mind as ever he did -- BERNARD HERRMANN Bernard Herrmann held his last public performance on April 21st 1974, at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London.
Learn about the life and work of Bernard Herrmann, a master of evoking psychological nuance and dramatic tension through music. Explore his film scores for classics such as "Citizen Kane", "Psycho" and "Taxi Driver".
